Webster's Dictionary 1913

1270

Marriage (2)

Mar″riage, n. In bézique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage.

1271

Marriageability

Mar′riage‐a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being marriageable.

1272

Marriageable

Mar″riage‐a‐ble (?), a. Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable. — Mar″riage‐a‐ble‐ness, n.

1273

Married

Mar″ried (?), a. 1. Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married man or woman.2. Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state.

1274

Marrier

Mar″ri‐er (?), n. One who marries.

1275

Marron

Mar‐ron″ (?), n. [See Maroon, a.]1. A large chestnut. Holland.2. A chestnut color; maroon.3. (Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twin...

1276

Marroon

Mar‐roon″ (?), n. & a. Same as 1st Maroon.

1277

Marrot

Mar″rot (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The razor-billed auk. See Auk. (b) The common guillemot. (c) The puffin. [Written also marrott, and morrot.]

1278

Marrow

Mar″row (?), n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to ...

1279

Marrow (2)

Mar″row (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Marrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Marrowing.] To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut.

1280

Marrowbone

Mar″row‐bone′ (?), n. A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i.e., to kneel.

1281

Marrowfat

Mar″row‐fat (?), n. A rich but late variety of pea.

1282

Marrowish

Mar″row‐ish, a. Of the nature of, or like, marrow.

1283

Marrowless

Mar″row‐less, a. Destitute of marrow.

1284

Marrowy

Mar″row‐y (?), a. Full of marrow; pithy.

1285

Marrubium

‖Mar‐ru″bi‐um (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound.

1286

Marry

Mar″ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Married (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Marrying.] [OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband, fr. mas, maris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritra...

1287

Marry (2)

Mar″ry, v. i. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.I will, therefore, that the younger women marry. 1 Tim. v. 14.Marrying man, a man dispos...

1288

Marry (3)

Mar″ry, interj. Indeed! in truth! — a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary. Shak.

1289

Mars

Mars (?), n. [L. Mars, gen. Martis, archaic Mavors, gen. Mavortis.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The god of war and husbandry.2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth ...

1290

Marsala

Mar‐sa″la (?), n. [It., fr. Marsala, in Sicyly.] A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.

1291

Marsdenia

‖Mars‐de″ni‐a (?), n. [NL. From W. Marsden, an English author.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of ...

1292

Marseillais

{ ‖Mar′sei′llais″ (?), a. m.‖Mar′sei′llaise″ (?), a. f. } Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants.Marseillaise hymn, orThe Marseillaise, the national an...

1293

Marseillais (2)

{ ‖Mar′sei′llais″, n. m.‖Mar′sei′llaise″, n. f. } A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.

1294

Marseilles

Mar‐seilles″ (?), n. A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loo...

1295

Marsh

Marsh (?), n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a ...

1296

Marsh marigold

Marsh mar″i‐gold (măr″ĭ‐gō̍ld). (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is ...